Because of the internals. That’s why.
It’s easy enough to adjust the samples of Dem, Rep, and Indy and the other demographic breakdowns to something that more accurately reflects reality based on historical voting patterns and current polling data. WAPO did not do that. Intentionally. ABC and WAPO wanted that headline.
Now I am not someone who’s been screaming landslide. And I am one who said Mccain botched his initial response to the economic news and the polls that followed reflected that. I also stated he’d corrected that error and regained some momentum. the polls yesterday and today soon followed and verified that.
Like I said. If WAPO had placed Mccain at 45%-46% I’d probably have let this pass but 42% screams agenda at work. No way McCain draws that with the base on his side.
Good points you make - I am just amazed at all the people on here who buy this. Just look at Rasmussen.. in 2004, the pollsters were all over the map with these games of gyrating polls, and Rasmussen was steady steady steady steady... people are stupid, yes... but millions of people switching from one candidate to another day by day? Nuh uh...
I can see where ABC might want to create the narrative that McCain is walking in the debate “desperate” and in need of a “knockout”